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Continuing on with my how much can this thing carry series. Realistic flag added post production to avoid legal issues down the track.

If anybody is going to call @yoeddynz a cunt then I'd appreciate it if you put the word rad in front of it. His embarrassingly lame MS paint drawing dumbing it down to my level worked and I now have a proper shift pattern. Happy days.

Is scratch start TIG a thing? I know for my one I have to get super close but wouldn't scratch start fuck up the tip?

I'm about to get the landy vapour blasted as it has too much bog and house paint on it. It has been an eternity since I have painted a car in bare metal and I'm not sure I have ever done alloy panels. Is Epotec primer still a thing?

Mate doing his Commer was advised by the cert man to get his rear guards rolled a couple weeks ago.

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I wish I had that sort of talent! There is a reason I'm going for a one wire hookup diesel and it's entirely skill based.

I think you should use some 10mm thick angle iron and be done with it. Man up.

Gotcha ta. I made a new list of what needs to be done before LVV and added it to the bottom. I'm going to try and book in over the next few days to give me a deadline. Right after I swap this perfectly serviceable ball joint for an inferior Chinese one which in my experience has a 25% failure rate during install.

I had a look through the spares bin and found half a shaft (you have the front part) and most of a shaft setup. Ill have a bit of a play. I'll still see if I could be bothered though. Anything I do make will be rough enough to make a David Brown owner blush. What does A mean in your CAD drawing above?

Went for a decent blat into town tonight. A few things to note before I forget. Cruises at 2200rpm at 100kph and has buckets of power upwards from that so the gearing is spot on. Maybe because Im used to a shitty old slow chevy but it feels like a rocket. Makes a weird noise for a second on startup. The sump is too low. Either I have to put in stock springs or modify the sump. @cubastreet got any spare sump pans? The oil filler pipe is now hitting the firewall so I have to modify that again. Second is a bitch to find from 3rd but I'll get used to it. It has enough torque to take off in 4th but I'll leave the clutch alone. I might make the aux water pump booster linked to the ignition as I forgot to turn it on. It's criminal me having this car and living 10kms from a decent corner. It wants to corner.

Yeah nah. I'll just have a backwards shift pattern tyvm.

Reminder for myself next time I wonder why it is taking off so slowly.

Hi All, Can anybody recommend a machine shop that can whip up a spacer? With the box swap the engine is a lot further back now and I need a spacer to take up the slack. Washers are doing the job now but I'm sure it'll make the cert man wince.